CBR'S Top 100 Comic Book Storylines Of All Time

Decent list, IMO. DC and all it's imprints are getting the vast majority on the list. Not surprising.

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/category/top-100-comic-book-storylines/

👆 Thanks for this, I was thinking on making a similar thread, but this is perfect 😄

What does this list consider to be a storyline? Some are obviously clear cut, others not so much.

Take for example the Lucifer series. You could easily call the whole thing a single storyline (there is a running plot throughout) or it could be broken down into a dozen+ storylines of about 3 issues each (which it was technically broken into).

Originally posted by Cogito
What does this list consider to be a storyline? Some are obviously clear cut, others not so much.

Take for example the Lucifer series. You could easily call the whole thing a single storyline (there is a running plot throughout) or it could be broken down into a dozen+ storylines of about 3 issues each (which it was technically broken into).

Definitely breaking down specific storylines, seeing as Sandman has a bunch of spots on the list. Anybody have any idea what will be #1? Maybe a Sandman story? Or Watchmen? Or maybe Dark Knight Returns.

Probably some Sandman, hopefully Lucifer (fingers crossed), Watchmen, All-Star Superman to come

Calling it now. It's going to be Watchmen, Year One, Dark Knight Returns, All Star Superman, Dark Phoinex Saga, and that one Daredvil story that Miller wrote (its name escapes me).

6. Batman: Year One
5. Dark Knight Returns
4. All-Star Superman

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2013/11/26/2013-top-100-comic-book-storylines-6-4/

I'm betting Earth X will be in the last few somewhere.

Top 3. Not surprising what #1 was.

3. Daredevil: Born Again.
2. Dark Phoenix Saga
1. Watchmen

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2013/11/27/2013-top-100-comic-book-storylines-3-1/

Originally posted by ares834
Calling it now. It's going to be Watchmen, Year One, Dark Knight Returns, All Star Superman, Dark Phoinex Saga, and that one Daredvil story that Miller wrote (its name escapes me).

born again 🤘
the story that got me into comics 📖
Justice for Matt

Originally posted by Golgo13
Top 3. Not surprising what #1 was.

3. Daredevil: Born Again.
2. Dark Phoenix Saga
1. Watchmen

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2013/11/27/2013-top-100-comic-book-storylines-3-1/

Several stories on that list were better than TDPS & Watchmen combined, imo.

Originally posted by Golgo13
Decent list, IMO. DC and all it's imprints are getting the vast majority on the list. Not surprising.

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/category/top-100-comic-book-storylines/

All star superman should've been higher. Born Again is pretty good. TDPS was shit and Watchmen is seriously meh.

Originally posted by abhilegend
All star superman should've been higher. Born Again is pretty good. TDPS was shit and Watchmen is seriously meh.

Originally posted by abhilegend
All star superman should've been higher. Born Again is pretty good. TDPS was shit and Watchmen is seriously meh.

👆 I really liked Watchmen, though. Not top 10. More like top 20. No Lucifer = bad.

Originally posted by Galan007
Born Again was great, but TDPS and Watchmen were considered to be the two best stories of all time? Ridiculous. 👇

Several stories on that list were better than TDPS & Watchmen combined, imo.

Which ones?

Originally posted by Golgo13
Decent list, IMO. DC and all it's imprints are getting the vast majority on the list. Not surprising.

The 90s-00s were a great time for DC as a company, creatively speaking. Especially with the likes of Vertigo and Wildstorm both in swing!

Originally posted by Golgo13
No Lucifer = bad.

I agree, but the way the list was formatted they would have had to pick a specific run in Lucifer, which doesn't really work the way it was written.

If they could take the whole 75 issues, then it'd be a no-brainer. I guess that'd be the same for a number of other titles though.

Watchmen was the book that set the stage for a lot of more serious writers to start doing their thing. As both a good read in its own right, and a seminal work in the history of comics, I'm more than ok with it at #1.

Especially because it kept Jean Grey out of the top slot. Jesus. That would have been tragic.

Originally posted by Cogito
I agree, but the way the list was formatted they would have had to pick a specific run in Lucifer, which doesn't really work the way it was written.

If they could take the whole 75 issues, then it'd be a no-brainer. I guess that'd be the same for a number of other titles though.

^ This. More than a few books were hurt by this trend in the list, but that's just how they decided to make decisions.

srug

Originally posted by Golgo13
I'm betting Earth X will be in the last few somewhere.

I'm not entirely sure the "X" series is deserving of this. I LOVE it, so I'm not arguing that it isn't awesome. But it's such a nostalgia trip that I wonder if we don't value it higher than someone who was reading it without a previous deep love and knowledge of the Marvel Universe. The merits are harder to identify from that perspective, and it does get bogged down in exposition on several occasions.